has AI summary

it hallucinates

Why did you repeat that line?

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I dislike this only because algorithm has a bad name now. New is an algorithm. Top is an algorithm. Hot and active are both more complex algorithms.

You don't want personalized algorithms or tracking.

I know it's pedantic and words change over time but after taking the class on Algorithms it just bugs me. Any math equation is an algorithm.

I would like to stand up for the real meaning of the word "algorithm" - there's a sorting algorithm which shows you the most recent posts, for example. Indeed, the default "hot" sort is already a more advanced algorithm which uses votes and time to show you what is likely to be "good" as decided by users. It's just not driven by AI or subtle data about how you navigate the page.

I actually think Mastodon could use a better algorithm to help old but interesting posts get a chance since I'm not checking it every minute... But how to do it in a way that doesn't suck is hard. Of course, there's an easy way to avoid it becoming a dark pattern, which is to keep it fully optional.

I think you mean hidden or secretive algorithms with malicious agendas and dark patterns like how the corporate social media systems work. Yes, those would suck.

I like the current list of algorithm options that work as described.

2% accounts decide the majority of content that we see.

I don't see how one more shitty frontend for lemmy would ruin anything. Just add it to the pile.

You know you can use any front-end you want for Lemmy, right?

I like Photon personally.

It's funny you say that, my front end has material you and I just changed my wallpaper.

A one-time button for only one person at a time. If you press it, someone you don't know will die, but you will receive ten million dollars.

Then the button moves on to the next person. Someone you don't know.

[Ominous music]

Owww!

That's a shame, Lemmy needs more dick pics.

Do I need one uploaded or does it just share a random dick pic? If it's the latter I see why it was shot down, people would just be spamming that thing

My GeoCities site had some dope midis

well because of farmming

Karma systems invalidate someone's way of thinking. You may not realize how much people will say or do anything to feel better about themselves seeing a stupid number go up. And the more meaningless points that a user has, they get a god complex by thinking they can say or do no wrong.

A lot of the people I've confronted on this platform and in the past, are assholes with lots of points.

I don't see the point in karma systems at all. It isn't about making posts the most seen. It's about people chasing validity.